I've yet to decide. I've never had the chance to go to a formal with the SO at UF... but getting a dress, hair, tux, etc. is such a hassle, part of me is thinking we should just add the $$ to the booze fund for the cruise a week later.

I am too interesting - I went to school in Vermont! That's crazy interesting for Vandy.

RE: Attire - I definitely wouldn't wear a suit - maybe a nice shirt and some khacki pants, but no prospectives I've seen all semester have been wearing suits. Sounds like you're gonna sit in on Blumstein's Con Law I class.

I've only heard of one person ditching Barrister's for Mardi Gras, from B.

Bloom, I had one of the LLMs drop out on me yesterday at Blackacre, so now I'm down to just 2. And we (as yet) have no place to stay. That didn't stop me from going down to NOLA last year, but at this point I think it will hinge on whether school will consider this an excursion trip worthy of partial reimbursement since we'll probably need to book a hotel. I'm selflessly appointing myself to be their Bourbon Street tour guide, so hopefully we'll go and won't be put to shame by the 1Ls that were smart enough to realize, in rocks-paper-scissor fashion, that Mardi Gras always trumps Barrister's Ball. Shame on VBA for making the ball the same weekend as the best reason for going to law school in the south.